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Pictures in the Home.

When once a picture enters a home it
comes under long tenure. Nothing is
less subject TO the wear and tear of
time; if under glass, it is in no danger
of becoming sOlled. and the frame. if
wisely chosen. is good for long period
of service. Some fifteen years ago a
well known publisher issued a little
magazine, and gave with it one of the
dantiest little chrOmOs imaginable. 1t
was called Wealth of the Woods, and
the little brown bird perchcd among
moSses and trailing partridge vines
with its scarlet berries. has been, in
wonder how many homes? perpetual
pleasure all these years.
Such pictures are never ont OF date,
but grow more valuable through the as
sOciatj0ns Of the passing years. We
hear much about the Influence of books,
but little about these silent companions
on the walls. which. whether our hands
are busy or at rest. suggest volumes of
thoughts which mould the soul. Per
haps it is because many people do not
think OF pictures in this way at all, but
as house furnishings which belong To
the same category as curtains and car
pets. TO be purchased, like them. by the
square foot. Arthur e UohG M0gdzinc
for FCJrudrV.
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Natural Gas Fires.

For mill purposes the gas is distri-
buted under the boilers, and wherever
needed, by a system Of small pipes,
supplying the heat directly; but for
household uses, in stoves and fireplaces,
the gas pipe is usually placed st the
bottom Of the CRATES, which are filled
above with something TO receive and
hold the heat. In rooms where the
open CRATE, burning the soft bitumin-
Gus coal. has always been used. a pleas
ing variety III the arrangement Of gas
fires is found. Some people do away
with the CRATE altogether, and sup
plant it with a clever imitation III cast
iron Of the old time backlog. But the
the commonly accepted plan is TO re-
tain the CRATE, filling it generally with
eoarsely broken iire-brick, which,
when heated. looks like anthracite coal.
Foundry Stag, properly arranged. pre-
sents a perfect representation Of soft
coal fire, and is, therefore. more beau
tiful, and desirable. Others resort to
the novel plan of filing their CRATES
with porcelain door knobs. for which
purpose they are bought by the peck OF
bushcl The quantity of gas burned is
regulated by valve at each Fireplace;
and the ease with which gas-iire Is
made, regulated, and put out, coupled
with its freedom from smoke, dust and
ashes, has warmed the heart of woman
kind toward it with very great atfec-
tion.--F'rom "Imong The Gas Wells" By
Samuel w. Hall, ia 81. Nicholas tor
FcbrudTU.
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Scot. ia the Mexican War.

His victories have never received the
credit justly due them on account of
the apparent ease with which they were
gained The student of military his.
tory Yill rarely meet with accounts Of
battleS ia any ace where the actual
operations coincide 80 exactly with the
orders issued on the eye Of conflict as
iii tie official reports of the wonderful,
energetic and successful campaign in
which General ScCit with SaL0ful Of
men renewed tA> GeDorp Of the con-
quest oIC0iteZ, in his triumphant march
from Vera Cruz to the capital. The
plan Of the battle Of CCrro Gordo was
SO fully carried ont in action that the
Official report is hardly more than the
general orders translated from the fu-
ture tense to the past. The story of
Chapu!tepec has the same element OF
the marvellous in it. The general COM
mands apparent impossibilities In the
closest detail OF one day, and the next
day reports that they arc accomplished.
These successes were not cheapiy at
tanned. The Mexicans. though def
cient in science and military intelli-
gence, fought with bravery and some
times with desperation. The enormous
percentage Of loss in his army proves
that Scott was engaged in no light
work-LJe Of Lincoln: the February Cen
turn.
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gist of Alabama. shows an immense
coal field in that state. which has
hitherto been practically unknown, rs
fifteen years ago, coal was scarcely pro-
duced i'm that state. but the promise Of
its future development may be indi-
Gated by the output last year, which
amounted to 2.225 600 tons. The re-
port referred to shows that the Warrior
field, as it is called, is about two-thirds
as great as the coal area of Great Britain
and contains iilty-threc seams of coal,
the combined thickness Of which is over
l35 feet Ii is estimated that the veins
III this field contain ll3, 3,ll9.WO, 900 tons
of coal, worth now at the mouth of the
mines about Sl5o,00o, 100000. These
immense deposits in close proximity to
vast stores Of iron, stone and timber
foretell the future position of this To-
cality, as one of the industrial centers
of the country.
Discoveries of coal have been made
near Puget Sound, which in connection
with the discoveries of the Canadian
| Geological Survey in the Saskatchewan
region. OF anthracite and bituminous
coal, in quality practically inexhaust-
| ible, settle the fuel question OF a large
| part of the northwest portion of this
country, which was beginning to assume
special interest and Importance. Re-
ports also came of extensive discovery
of coal IN Texas, Kansas, West Nir-
ginia. New Mexico. and other more
southern portions OF the country. a
Chinese paper states that mining en-
gineer has estimated that in the province
of ShanSe there is coal area from
which $50, .Vo0.0 900 tons can be OBJ
tanned, and this alone at the present
rate of consumption would supply the
whole world for 2,i33 years. 1T is said
also. that in the island of Chloe, be-
longing to Chill, great deposits of coal
of very superior quality have been
made known. The revelation Of these
vast resources, which will become the
foundation and support Of industrial
activity and advancement promises
for the future prosperity and develop
ment of our own and other countries.
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This Favorite Album OF Songs and
Ballads just published, contains thirty
two pieces of choice aad popular vocal
music. full sheet musicsize with COM
plete words and music and piano ac-
compartment. The music is finely
printed upon heavy paper with very at.
tractive cover. The following are the IT,
ties of the songs and ballads contained
in the Favorite Album:-As Id Moth
ing Else to DO; The Dear Old Songs Of
Home; Mother, Watch the Little feet;
Oh, You Pretty BIue-Eyed Witch;
Blue Eyes; Katy's Letter; The Passing
Bell; Saw Esau Kissing Kate; Won't
You Tell Me Why. Robin; The Old
Garden Gate; Down Below theWaving
Lindens, Faded Leaves; All Among
the summer Roses; Touch the Harp
Gently, My Pretty L0usie: 1 Really
Don't Think Shall Marry; Dreaming
of Home; The Old Cottage Clock;
Across the Sea; There's Silver Lining
to Every Cloud; Strangers Yet; Not
Yet; Somebody; A Year Ago; Bache-
lor's Hall; Ruth and 1; Good Night: One
Happy Year Ago; Jennie in the Or
chard; The md Barn Gate; Jacks Fare
well; Polly; Whisper in the Twilight;
This is very fine Collection OF real
vocal gems, and gotten up In very
handsome style. Published in the
usual way and bought at q music store
these 81 peices would cost you $ll.20.
The Holidays are past aud we must
close out our stock at once. viii send.
the entire collection well wrapped and
postpaid for only 35 cents or f0py for
81 90 orders filed same day re<b1yed.
BY getting three OF your friend ron
secure your own free. Address, lI6ns
day Publishing Co., BufEalo, y. " !:
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COal SuOpIy.
Chicago Mining Review.

Chicago MINING Review.
From recent reports concerning the
discovery of coal in different parts of
the world, the question Of future sup
ply may for time be postponed, and
the limits that have already been given
may he safely extended 10 consider
able extent. Ii is true, as has often
been stated, that as yet we practically
kEOw nothing of the immensity or the
value of our vast mineral resources in
any direction, much less DO financiers,
legislators and political economists un-
derstand the influence of the develop
ment Of resources SO stable, reliable,
indestructible and incXhaustibie as
those which wait not only better wis
dom but better development of coming
generations.
A recent report of the State Geolo-
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THr voters Of the eighth Wisconsin
district have shown their high appre
citation Of the labors Of the Hon. VIM.
r. Price. who was filling his second
term as representative in congress from
that district when he died, by electing
his son. III. II. Price to complete his
InpXnired term
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TIE resignation Of G.. A. Pierce, AZ
governor Of Dakota, has been accepted
by the President although his successor
has not yet been confirmed. Secretary
Mccormack is now acting governor.
Judge Church's confirmation is daily
Looked for
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the Legislature, bnt am private citizen
speaking as | know the private citizens
of Dakota feel.\
1t is to be hopM that your earnest let
ter, by the admissions which it truth
fully makes, will contribute to the
prompt reconyening of the state legis-
lature and that the state government
will go into operation before the terri
torial legislature adjourns that it may
give needed directions to the county
territorial officers. Yours,
JOHN A. OWEN.
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The House was obliged to dispense
with a session Monday on account of
the coldneSs of the hall.
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TIE president has approved the act
granting pensions to soldiers SNd sail
ors of the Mexican war.
The DeSmet leader. (DeSmet, Kingsbury Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-02-05

THE signal station at st. Paul reports
.he coolest weather for fifteen years.
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THK Illinois legislature has appro-
priated $50, 900 for monument to Gen
eral Logan.
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SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY.


-''Sandpaper" is now made without
either sand or paper. Glass is pulver-
lied and sifted ON muslin. which has
been covered with coating of glue. It
Is better and more durable than the
old-fashioned sandpaper.-San Fran
cisco Chronicle.
Almost everywhere coal must be
brought up from great depths, as the
coal-measures are often covered by the
secondary and even tertiary strata. The
coal-mcasures Of the United States are
not generally so deep as those of En-
gland. States occur usually among
rocks still older than the coal-measures
Cleveland Leader.
According to the report Of the Ne
braska Horticultural Society the State
has now about $50, 900 acres of growing
forests, in which have been set 600, 000,-
600 young trees. Besides these there
have been planted over $4,000. 900 fruit
trees, over $500, 900 grape vines. vast
number of berry bushes and plants, and
countless quantities of ornamental
shrubs.
On the Transcaspian railroad, in
Russia, it is claimed that saving Of
$500 per mile is effected by the use Of
mineral wax, or ozokerite, for. ties.
When purified, melted and mixed with
limestone and gravel. the ozokerite,
which is abundant in the vicinity of the
railroad, produces very good asphalt.
This is pressed into shape in boxes; and
gives ties which retain their form and
hardness even in the hottest weather. y
The Lewiston (Me.) Journal gives
some statistics that afford an indication
of the extent of the lobster industry.
The average catch of Holsters on the
Maine coast has been $4,000, 900 yearly
for thirty years, or nearly 800, 900, 900
during that period. About zoo. 0O0, 900
have been used by the factories at an
average cost of one cent each. Doubt
less they have paid $4,000, 900 to the
fishermen. The marketmen have paid
$1,000, 900 more to the lobster catchers
in the last thirty wears. 90 aEs1
The Prince of Monaco has been oc-
cupying his spare time in a scientific
manner. He has been studying. the
speed of ocean currents by means Of .
series of experiments made from the
deck of his yacht, the Hirondelle. Be
fore the close of the summer he sub
merged 500 bottles off the coast of the
Channel in the latitude of Paris. and
some of them have already been found
on the coast of Portugal The Prince
hopes to be able to find out, by the time
of the arrival of the bottles on the dis
tant coasts, the minimum force of the
currents, scientific problem hitherto
unsolved. psss'ss
1t is remarkable fact, to which at
tention has recently been called by the
English scientific journal. Nature, that
the lowest baromctrical measurement
ever observed anywhere in the world on
land, after being reduced SO as to cor
respond with sea-level. have been regis
tered in the British Isles within three
years. One of these was at Belmullet,
in the west of Ireland. on December 8,
1881, when the barometer fell to nearly
twenty-seven inches. A very severe
storm followed, destroying many lives
and much property.
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S~$><
smoking. The noble red man will soon
be rare curiosity.--7roy Tines.
When It is True
That brevity's the soul of wit
Is true, we all will claim; 1913
"When Check inclosed" is briefly writ,
please send receipt for same"
TO Vocalist: We don't know what
will prevent your eyes from filling with
tears while singing, but the best way to
keep the eyes of the listeners from fill
ing is not to sing.
First connoisseur-ssThere is GER
tain ingenuousness about the picture
that / admire exceedingly" Second
connoisseur-"It is certainly artless, if
that's what you mean. It'd Bits.
The coming girl will walk five miles
day, says the Household. If the editor
will name the starting time and dis
lance perhaps the fellow she is coming
after can get out of the way Mime
apolis Tribune.
81 wish was public house" said
loving woman to her husband.
"Why?' he inquired with some degree
of surprise. 20, because you would be
in eighteen or twenty times day to
see men. YMaig
--Artist-"Ha you taken my pict-
ures to the exhibition" Porter-.sY yes.
sir; it seemed to please the gentlemen
very much" Artist-What did they
sayP" Porter-.O they didn't say any
thing; they only laughed. -" Prairie
Farmer
"A journalist who is said to be bald
offers reward of q, 900 for . tale that
will make his hair stand on end Er-
change. If we were certain that he
could pay one-third of the reward we
would suggest "cat-o'-nine-tails. -
IS "A brake ls cha has bsSh invented which
win stop locomotive going at the rate
of forty miles an hour within space Of
fifty feet. The engineer and fireman
are expected to keep on for about a
mile and hall, but they are OF little
consequence. Detroit Free Press.
Clara say Charley is .
great catch, and all the girls are run.
ming after him; but for my part / don't
see what they find in him to admire"
Susan-s.Perhaps you do not know that
his mother has the reputation of being
q wretched cook Clara-s.Is that soP
He'll make splendid husband for
somebody. "-Boston Transcript.
--Gothamite-sL Living in Golden City
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operations in all these divisions were
4.64S. S4S in number. There were de-
posted in the safes at Paris 4,233. PSI
securities, the value of which A.
mounted to Tl2O, 960, 900 represent
ing 251.582 deposits brought by
44,869 depositors. OF the first kind
of deposit-the free deposit - the
number of securities in the safes at
Paris was 2, 69S, 252-representing fs2,-
923, SOC, of l,677 different descriptions,
belonging to S1,157 depositors. Dur
ing the year, 10000 persons called at
the bank in connection with these
securities. Only three branches those
at Bordeaux, Lyons and Marseilles-
appear as having carried on any oper-
atoms in connection with the deposits
Of securities. The branches trans
mitted to the chief Office 99.116 cou-
pons. The amount of the charges for
custody of valuables at Paris reached
E35,617; and at the three branches
enumerated. f7,S91; and, as the report
goes on to say, these charges are
triAing recompense for the expense and
the responsibilities which the under
taking these duties imposes on the bank.
The branches, of which there are
ninety-four, are classified according to
the Importance of the business done at
each during the year. Placed in order
according to the extent of their oper-
atoms, numbers are affixed agains,
them to show the order in which each
branch stands in respect of the profits.
The branches at Bordeaux, Mar
settles, Lyons. Havre, Lille and
Rouen, stand in the first rank as re-
CARDS the Importance of their oper-
atoms; bus respectively first, second,
fifth, third. fourth, and tenth in respect
of their profits. The largest net profits
(f72, I'D were realized at Marseilles;
the smallest (f2D at Digne; and five
branches showed loss. One Of these,
Barbecue, stands forty-fourth in re-
spect of its operations, but shows a loss
of E137. La Roche-sur-Y on shows the
highest loss (f662).
The expenses connected with the
Bank at Paris amounted to f255, Az;
at the branches. f236, 693; and those of
general character. such rs cost of
transport of specie, duties and taxes,
ELS, O24. Of which EGG, 48S represents
taxes. The amount distributed among
the rs, 782 shareholders was Fl, Is. Cd.
per share. The buildings occupied by
the branches had cost fl,234, 938; but
of this, there had been written off
f857, sos. The number of officials en-
ployed at Paris was about the same as
those employed by the Bank of England
in London Q,016); those engaged at
the branches numbered 1.222.
There are great many more particu-
lars of less general interest in this very
interesting document, but we have
given sufficient for our readers to form
an idea of its nature. We can not bet
ter conclude than by adding the words
of the Councils: 1--WE should have de-
sired to reduce the size of this state
ment; but it derives the greater part of
its interest and Importance from the
comparative figures with which it neces-
sarily bristles. and we have been COM
PEELED, to make it complete, to pass all
of them before your eyss. This is our
excuse. ~ Chambers Journal.
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FRuITIoN.

The clouds hang too low, too low.
The Ice bound streams refuse 70 sing;
The cold, bleak blasts may bitter blow.
And natures sc refuse to flow
But, true truth, at last comes Spring.
We toll and till with brain and hand
That our poor world may brighter yield;
We see no blossom on the land;
But, rs we falter, God'S command
Brings summer sun and golden field
Down where the reaper's sickle rings,
We look and yearn for harvests DER;
Our hearts are full of murmurings:
We toll In doubt Lo, Autumn brings,
As true as Time, its treasure-store.
All, true to Gods good time, are done;
All. true Is Truth, despite our fear;
Each cycle rounded out In sun
Or shade; all sweet fruition won
o weary hearts have cheer, good cheer.
-Edgr L. Waterman, IN Chautauquas
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AUSTRIAN NOBILITY.

Unquestionably the Poorest Yet Most Ex-
elusive Aristocracy In the World.
No aristocracy Of the world is so ex-
elusive as that of Vienna. 1t seems to
have inherited the appalling loneliness
and isolation Of the Hapsburgs. The
English nobility admit ordinary NOR
tails to their presence if their character
or intellectual ability entities them to q
certain distinction. 1t is SO also in
Germany and elsewhere, where titled
aristocracy exists. 1t is not so ii
Vienna. Here nothing but the bluest
of blue blood entities him in whose
veins that precious fluid flows to min
gle with the real hast ton. Official po-
sition amounts to nothing. A foreign
ambassador may be the most eminent
Of savants, skilled in literature, rich,
socially accomplished, but he is des-
tined, though he passes many years at
Vienna, never to see the interior of a
salon of an Austrian nobleman. unless
with a ticket of entrance when the fam
lily are from home. In the eyes of this
class, to be republican, simple citi-
zen of the United States, represent
ing the Government at Washing
ton at the Austrian court. Is
to be an humble parsonage in
deed. But what would become
of the greater part of these exclusives
without this adventitious distinction of
birth. They would be the merest no.
bodies. As en- aggrieved person re-
marked to me: at is all they have. :"
Most Of them are poor, their fortunes
or remnants Of fortunes having been
long since swept into the Golfers of the
Jews. to whom also have passed some
titles Of the lower grade, 9th the obi
cations on certain properties and a
nodicum of social distinction. The
Jews are as aggressive at Vienna NJ
elsewhere on the Continent. They are
the bankers and brokers. Most of the
fine buildings erected within the last
fifteen years belong to them. They
principally own the railroads and street
car lines, and the stock in insurance
and other corporations. Among them
are numbered many Of the ablest Of
journalists. lawyers and doctors. This
success Of race. against whom person
ally and As religious sect there is a
prejudice inconceivable in America, has
given rise to . spirit Of anti-semitism
which is intense. hut can not in SO large
city. as it sometimes does in Hungary
and Bohemia, result in actual outrage
and violence. To the Government and
the high nobility their relation has been
principally that Of money-lenders, and
this has been the lever to whatever
amount of social consideration they have
achieved. EssssG Cor. San FyGncisco
Ckronicie-
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RusY's:MELoNs.

i 4AhS A<1AAs4 os1sS -. ~ 1870
"Rent."
Ruby Miller was the oldest of four
children. She was good girl for the
eldest, too. She was quick and bright
and sunny-tempered, and very fond of
helping her mother. She had some
faults, of course-what little girl has
not? But she was SO pleasant and
happy and Industrious that we will not
dwell upon her disagreeable traits,
which are, indeed, not worth dwelling
upon.
Ruby's father was teamster. He
owned two large, black horses, and two
OF three big wagons, of different sizes
and shapes. All the Miller children
knew all these wagons, even to Lau-
reta, the little Miller baby, and as soon
as they saw one of them coming along
the dusty village street toward night
they would run out to meet it and cry
'.Hollo, papa!" until the neighbors
thought there had been about noise
enough. But Mr.. Miller was very
proud of his four little children, and
they could not be blamed for being
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